Category: 6. Business

For almost as long as the artificial intelligence boom has been in full swing, there have been warnings of a speculative bubble that could rival the dot-com craze of the late 1990s that ended in a spectacular crash and a wave of bankruptcies.

British writer Stuart Jeffries follows his last two books, cultural histories of the Frankfurt School and postmodernism, with…

More and more, big arrays of lithium-ion batteries are being hooked up to electrical grids around the U.S. to store power that can be discharged in times of high demand.

But as more energy storage is added, residents in some places are pushing…

TOKYO – Japanese beer giant Asahi said it was processing orders by hand in an effort to swerve potential drinks shortages it blamed on a ransomware attack crippling its online systems this week.

Asahi said on Sept 29 that

a cyberattack had caused…

By Darrell L. Cronk

4 upbeat economic and market signals to lift you above the noise and confusion

Few would deny that we live in a noisy world. Every day, investors hear the clanging of change – pressure on the Federal Reserve,…

Over the nearly 10 years since the acquisition, the number of local employees at the factory has increased by 25 percent,…

Norway

At the end of August 2025, the Norwegian Sovereign Fund, the largest in the world, announced it divested from 5 Israeli banks and from Caterpillar, where the fund’s major individual share was almost $2 billion (US).

As…